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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
Volume 9, Issue 71, Pages 1233-1240Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0436
Keywords
atherosclerosis; concentration polarization; oxidized low-density; lipoprotein; wall shear stress
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31170904, 11072023]
- School Doctoral Foundation of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry
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To clarify the effect of concentration polarization of oxidative modification of low-density lipoproteins (ox-LDLs) on human smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the proliferation, ox-LDL uptake and apoptosis with SMCs cultured on permeable (the permeable group) or non-permeable membranes (the non-permeable group) were analysed by 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazolyl- 2)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, spectrofluorometry and flow cytometry using a parallel-plate flow chamber technique. The concentration polarization of ox-LDLs at the surface of the cultured cell monolayer was assessed by confocal laser microscopy. The results showed that concentration polarization of ox-LDLs could indeed occur at the cultured cell monolayer surface of the permeable group, leading to an enhanced wall concentration of ox-LDLs that was over 15 per cent higher than the bulk concentration of the perfusion solution at a pressure of 100 mmHg. When concentration of ox-LDLs in the perfusion solution was less than or equal to 100 mu g ml(-1), SMCs' proliferation was induced, while cell apoptosis was induced when its concentration was above 150 mu g ml(-1). The uptake of ox-LDLs by the cultured cells was significantly higher for the permeable group than for the non-permeable group. In addition, the ox-LDL-induced cell death and apoptosis were much more severe in the permeable group than that in the non-permeable group. Therefore, the experimental study suggests that concentration polarization of ox-LDLs plays an adverse role in the vascular system owing to its toxicity to vascular cells, in turn enhance ox-LDL infiltration into the arterial wall and accelerate SMC apoptosis.
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